Hi,
I posted a bit of an angry rant a few months ago because I was so fed up with my mum’s dementia. Sadly, things have since got a lot worse.
She got hit by a series of UTI infections in December, and she’s now been in hospital for about 6 weeks.
Before this, her dementia was pretty advanced but she was generally ok; her mobility was good, she could talk (even if what she said rarely made sense) and she seemed fairly physically healthy. Now she’s completely bed bound, she can’t speak, her muscles have pretty much wasted away and she can’t move at all. It’s horrendous, to be honest.
I’m currently waiting for Social Services to call in order to arrange (yet another) meeting to discuss next steps, as the hospital needs the bed. The doctors have said that the UTIs have basically accelerated the dementia, and that she’s unlikely to improve. But they can’t say how long she might have left, as although she can’t do it herself she will eat and drink if someone does it for her.
I’m just shocked at how quickly she’s deteriorated - it’s all a bit surreal. All those things that I was complaining about before seem like a very distant memory now.
Has anyone else experienced such a sudden decline?
Thank you
drummergirl
I posted a bit of an angry rant a few months ago because I was so fed up with my mum’s dementia. Sadly, things have since got a lot worse.
She got hit by a series of UTI infections in December, and she’s now been in hospital for about 6 weeks.
Before this, her dementia was pretty advanced but she was generally ok; her mobility was good, she could talk (even if what she said rarely made sense) and she seemed fairly physically healthy. Now she’s completely bed bound, she can’t speak, her muscles have pretty much wasted away and she can’t move at all. It’s horrendous, to be honest.
I’m currently waiting for Social Services to call in order to arrange (yet another) meeting to discuss next steps, as the hospital needs the bed. The doctors have said that the UTIs have basically accelerated the dementia, and that she’s unlikely to improve. But they can’t say how long she might have left, as although she can’t do it herself she will eat and drink if someone does it for her.
I’m just shocked at how quickly she’s deteriorated - it’s all a bit surreal. All those things that I was complaining about before seem like a very distant memory now.
Has anyone else experienced such a sudden decline?
Thank you
drummergirl